#VotingRights experts have described the issues raised by Judge Griffin as moot because even if the voters’ registration forms were missing driver’s license numbers, state law still requires them to show ID when they vote.
Questions about those *omissions* had spread in conservative circles for more than a year, & were teed up for use by #Republican political strategists well before Judge Griffin’s loss in November.
As the case continues through the court system, Judge Griffin & the #NorthCarolina #Republican Party have drawn criticism from #democracy watchdog groups, liberals & even some #conservatives who worry about a dangerous precedent being set for future elections.
The #Republican challenger, Judge Jefferson Griffin, who currently sits on the #NorthCarolina Court of Appeals, has instead embarked on an extraordinary monthslong effort to toss out scores of ballots.…
Griffin’s challenge has ping-ponged through federal & state courts. The Democratic incumbent, Justice Allison Riggs, appealed a recent State #SupremeCourt decision that could lead to thousands of #military & overseas ballots being tossed.
What to Know About the Legal Battle Over a #NorthCarolina #SupremeCourt Race
The #Republican challenger has embarked on an extraordinary effort to reverse his #election loss that critics say is testing the boundaries of post-election #litigation.
The Republican candidate for a State Supreme Court seat has refused to concede to the Democratic incumbent, even though 2 recounts by a state elections board confirmed that he lost the Nov election…
#law #democracy #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-explainer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.euDs.Y-tMQ_WoO42B&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Republican congressman Austin Scott details how his party intends to kick people off #medicare https://newrepublic.com/post/194248/republican-representative-kick-people-off-medicaid
Another #Republican #TownHall descends into chaos over #Musk and #Trump’s #DEI policies
"Only those who pre-registered and provided a valid ID for Donalds’s town hall were permitted to attend."
Ariana Baio
Tue, April 22, 2025
"Florida Representative #ByronDonalds faced hundreds of his constituents on Monday during a contentious town hall filled with boos, jeers, cheers and shouting – the latest Republican to field aggressive questioning in the public forum.
"Donalds, a close ally of President Donald Trump, defended the administration’s policies and positions as he fielded confrontational questions about Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency, the #Israel – #Hamas conflict, diversity, equity and inclusion, and more.
"However, he struggled to get through answers as audience members interrupted him several times to boo or shout at him."
[...]
"Before the town hall had ended, nearly half of the crowd had walked out, according to Gulf Coast News, while many others had been escorted out by deputies."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-republican-town-hall-descends-171147622.html
@mspopok.bsky.social discusses #American voters who are turning against the Trump Administration in HUGE numbers, and now for the first time they say they would vote #Democrat over #Republican at the midterms, and rank Trump horribly concerning his handling of the economy
youtu.be/2E2pM3Sqai4?...
Trump Faces RED ALERT Warning ...
It’s not just that #GOP lawmakers are not calling for #PeteHegseth’s ouster (with one notable exception); it’s that they don’t even seem interested in getting to the bottom of the readily apparent discord in the #Pentagon.
And perhaps most tellingly, #Republican elected officials have again shown almost no interest in asserting themselves even as the situation entails one of the gravest issues under their purview, #NationalSecurity.
NEW: #Republican Congressman Don Bacon, a former Air Force general who now chairs the subcommittee on cyber issues, became the first sitting GOP lawmaker to suggest Trump should fire Secretary of Defense #PeteHegseth:
“I’m not in the White House…but I find it unacceptable, and I wouldn’t tolerate it if I was in charge
#Russia and #China are all over his phone, and for him to be putting secret stuff on his phone is not right. He’s acting like he’s above the law and that shows an amateur person”
NC #Supreme Court election loser Jefferson Griffin is even more isolated from his party as he attacks #military voters.
Former NC Gov
@PatMcCroryNC
: "I wanted the #Republican judge to win...In this case, he was defeated."
#Vote #democracy #tyranny #republican #Democrat
We can't treat Trump like he is just another republican, This "president" is actively attacking the constitution. Either he wins or we win and he only wins when we quite fighting.
#billmaher is complicit
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinn...
I just read that the cardinals who vote for the next pope must only be under 80 years of age.
Imagine how much better the USofA would be right now if the senate did that. The GOP wouldn't be strangled by angry dinosaurs.
Once again, State Rep. Justin Jones of the "Tennessee Three" is showing how to respond to fascists. He's rightly placing responsibility on the Tennessee House #Republican leader for the increase in open #Nazi activity in Nashville #Tennessee. This is a guy who has stood with the Proud Boys and today is openly defending white nationalism on the Tennessee House floor.
Stebbins started the review in response to a #bipartisan request from Sen Roger Wicker of MS, the #Republican chair of the #ArmedServices Cmte, & the committee’s ranking #Democrat, Sen Jack Reed of RI.
Beyond the controversy of the #Signal chat, #Hegseth’s office has been shaken by the sudden firings of Caldwell, Selnick & Colin Carroll, all top advisers to the #defense secy. They were escorted from the #Pentagon last week after being accused of leaking sensitive info.
Senator #JohnKennedy, #Republican of #Louisiana, concedes on NBC that #KilmarAbregoGarcia “was not supposed to be sent” to #ElSalvador. “The administration won’t admit it, but this was a screw up,” Kennedy said. But he argued that #Trump doesn’t have the power to bring Abrego Garcia back to the #UnitedStates, noting that President Nayib #Bukele of El Salvador sat in the Oval Office in recent days & said he would not release him.
In less than 100 days, the #Republican administration has destroyed generations of international trust and goodwill.
The mayhem isn't a bug, it's a feature of #Project2025 to isolate the US, and impose foreign policy by fiat.
Counting upon the "exceptionalism of America", revealed to be cheap veneer of a crumbling Potemkin Village, it turns out that the vulgarian emperor has no clothes, short fingers, and a very small dick.
In response, the rest of the world tells America to go fuck itself.
"#Deranged despot" is more like it
These "Republicans" made #Trump and the #fascist #extremism possible
These #GOP members should apologize to America and the entire world, hang their heads in shame, and renounce the #Republican Party
You can smell the desperation in the #travel ads
Canadians aren't coming back
Europeans aren't coming back
The entire world is beginning to avoid the demented, sick, violent USA, the threats of being assaulted and arrested
It's going to wreck State and regional economies in America that depend upon tourism
This is not a temporary change - once the mindset is in place it will take years, maybe generations to recover trust
Pennsylvania Republican State Senator David Argall thinks it's OK to ask as 12 year old girl about pornographic magazines at a public event.
He should be kept away from children!
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/mom-rips-clueless-gop-lawmaker-who-asked-12-year-old-girl-about/
